The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-12-15

Mr.. Caesar A. Taylor, q colored
minister of New York city delivered
lecture in that city on Wednesday even;
ing, in which he tried to describe and
locate that region commonly called nell.
After proving -conclusively that the earth
was a cold ball'getting hot and not a hot
one getting cold, as erroneous science
was bringing the youth OF the world TO
believe, Mr.. Taylor began to chat OF hell.
He showed that there were but fifty two
miles of earth crust between humanity
and a vast lake CT 25O,552,09S,S 1858 cubic
miles of fiery matter. "The earth's
crust" said the professor, 'is constantly
growing less and less in thickness, and
there will come time when the inhaol'
tants of the earth will drop throug b D. it.
Is it hell? Drop in aud see" The
audience declined'to drop in or to think
of dropping 10. In fact they seemed TO
receive Mr.. Taylor,s ideas very cod!y.
Not sound of applause greeted him
throughout the evening.
Some months ago dashipg young
man came to Avondale, a suburb OF BIZ
mingham, Ala, and went into business
under the name of Charles WinniDgham.
He said hat be was from Texas. Ills
pleasing manners soon made him great
favorite, and he won the heart and hand
of Miss Ellen Dobbs, the belle OF the
place. Their honeymoon was interrupt
ed by brother of Miss Dobbs finding
letter to Winningham from Texas, signed
"Your loving wife," He kept quiet and
worked up the case, it seems very thor
oughly, ior he has found three other
wives for Winningham besides his unfor
tunate sister. The adventurer is now IN
Jail at Birmingham awaiting trial TOR
bjramy. Two of his surplus stock OF
wives live in Georgia and one in Texas;
Winningham once lived in Atlanta, and
while there was arrested for bigamy at
the suit of Georgia wife No l. He gave
bail and fed, leaving two wives to mourn
his departure.
At the session of the State Baptist
convention in Sumter the moderator
made proposition in behalf of the city
of Greenville, that if the various assocla.
tions of the State would raise Sl5,OOo
towards an endowment fund for Furman
university at Greenville the city OF
Greenvilie would add $4,000 and pay it
by January 1st It was then agreed that
the delegates from each association should
meet at the church at 4 pm. to consider
this proposition. Thisproposition is the
outcome 10 an earnest and determined
effort on the PER Of the Baptists in Green
vile TO push the endowment OF the uni
7ersity. With $4,000 which it is pro,
posed to raise thus, the endowment iund
would reach $4,000. The Greenville
Baptis!s offer to give $1,000, if the rest
of the State will give $4,000.
Alonzo Bowman, near Lowndesviile,
is q great fox hunter. He has pet sheep
that strays with his hounds. The other
day the sheep ran through race With
the dogs. When the fox was caught tile
sheep stepped up, smelled the fox ard
butled it. The sheep beats the hounds.
-dbJcvWc Ledium. How's this FOR
ghost story?
Atlanta Prohibitionists have offered
a reward of $500 for the arrest, with eyl
dence to convict, of one Of a gang of
roupbs who on election night threw
brick at Cbarnel Hightower, prominent
young worker for the "drys." The brick
struck him in the back of the head and
coused hi. death.
The man who "has nothing to live
for" calls in the doctor as quick as any
ether man when there is anything The
matter with him.
= How can youHget a new set of teeth
inserted gratis? Go INTO somebody's
garden where they keep a big dog, aud
kick him.